All Clear
For those of you that do read this blog, you will know that following the end of my chemotherapy in January I had a scan to determine whether the original cancer had spread or in fact had been caught and […]
The Frustrations of Wellness
There have been a few points over the last nine months at which the pace of my recovery has not matched my un realistic expectations. I have had to learn to slow down at times and accept each small step, […]
The Day After The Last Day
I took this image last weekend as part of a challenge set via a group I am part of on Facebook. I chose the hat and sleepy pose because it summed up how I have felt over the past few […]
#11
This is dose number 11 of 12 and it’s the day before the last day of 2016. I am joined today by a select band of other chemo patients as we are pumped and primed with good poisons. We are […]
Groundhog Day
I apologise for the lack of posts recently, but to be honest not much has happened that warrants sharing with the wider world. And that my friends is the point of this post. Until you experience it, there is nothing […]
Chemo Day 4 The Movie
If the video won’t play automatically on this page click here to view it on YouTube. The last couple of weeks have been pretty normal and busy as we sent off child number 2 to university and received back child […]
It’s A Small World
I live in a wonderful place, a small rural village in Somerset, where the sense of community still exists. Farmers still cultivate the land, race through the village on huge tractors with little regard for the laws of the road […]
It’s all change, I think
I find myself in a rather contemplative mood this morning, post second chemo dose. At this time of the year I am usually gearing up for the start of a new academic term. Some brave (others may say foolish) governing […]
Look How Perky You Are
I am constantly surprised by the surprise that people show when they meet me. Most who have heard about my situation, seem to be amazed that I am walking around, doing normal things and looking like me. In fact one […]
First Dose Done
So the first dose of chemotherapy has now coursed through my veins and I have been detached from my mobile pump and am free to frolic the hills and valleys of Somerset for a few days. No real ill-effects so far, […]